SEP-1865: explicit extension capability declaration + content/structuredContent split

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What

Mechanical SEP-1865 SHOULD-level compliance backport. Part of a fleet-wide sweep across the MCP Apps template repos (datto-rmm-mcp, ninjaone-mcp, autotask-mcp, connectwise-manage-mcp) — each gets one PR like this. No refactors, no SDK migration, no card-building logic changes.

1. Explicit extension capability declaration

The spec's Capability Negotiation section has servers/clients negotiate MCP Apps support via the standard extensions capability mechanism, using extension id io.modelcontextprotocol/ui. This server never declared it.

Before:

capabilities: {
  tools: {},
  resources: {},
},

After:

capabilities: {
  tools: {},
  resources: {},
  extensions: {
    "io.modelcontextprotocol/ui": {},
  },
},

2. content/structuredContent split

datto_get_alert was JSON-dumping the entire alert + _card payload into content[0].text. Per spec, tool results should carry a human-readable text summary in content and put machine-readable data in structuredContent.

Before:

const card = buildAlertCard(alert);
const payload = card ? { ...alert, _card: card } : alert;
return {
  content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(payload ?? {}, null, 2) }],
};

After:

const card = buildAlertCard(alert);
const structuredContent = card ? { ...alert, _card: card } : alert;
const summary = card
  ? `Alert on ${card.device}: ${card.title} (${card.priority}, ${card.status})`
  : `Alert ${alertUid}: ${alert?.message ?? "no details available"}`;
return {
  content: [{ type: "text", text: summary }],
  structuredContent: structuredContent ?? {},
};

test/mcp-apps.test.ts updated to assert the new split (text summary in content, raw alert + _card in structuredContent).

Test/build output (real, from this branch)

$ npm test
> @wyre-ai/datto-rmm-mcp@1.3.4 test
> vitest run

 RUN  v4.1.11 /Users/asachs/wyre-sep1865/datto-rmm-mcp

 Test Files  9 passed (9)
      Tests  107 passed (107)
   Start at  21:06:12
   Duration  299ms

$ npm run build
> @wyre-ai/datto-rmm-mcp@1.3.4 build
> tsc
(no output — clean)

Baseline (pre-change, same commands on main) was identical: 107/107 passing, clean tsc build. No pre-existing failures to carry forward.

Scope

Touches only: src/mcp-server.ts (capabilities object + datto_get_alert return statement) and test/mcp-apps.test.ts (assertions). alert-card.ts card-building logic untouched.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added support for the Model Context Protocol UI extension.
  • Alert results now include a concise, human-readable summary alongside structured alert details and optional rendered cards.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved alert response formatting by separating readable text from structured data.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The MCP server now advertises the UI extension. datto_get_alert returns formatted text and structured alert data, including an optional rendered card. The contract test validates the updated response shape.

Changes

MCP alert response contract

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Alert response contract src/mcp-server.ts, test/mcp-apps.test.ts	The server advertises io.modelcontextprotocol/ui. datto_get_alert returns a concise text summary and places the alert and optional card in structuredContent. The contract test validates both fields.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: arutherford

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 0ec82

Alerts without renderable cards could regress unnoticed in the fallback response shape; add coverage before or alongside merge.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Changelog Entry	⚠️ Warning	The PR changes runtime behavior but does not change CHANGELOG.md. The base and head CHANGELOG.md blobs are identical. The diff adds the io.modelcontextprotocol/ui server capability and changes `datt…	Update CHANGELOG.md under ## [Unreleased]. Record the datto_get_alert response-contract change under ### Changed. Record the new advertised UI extension capability under ### Added if it is treated as a newly exposed feature.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies both primary changes: explicit extension capability declaration and the content/structuredContent response split. It is specific and directly related to the pull request.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 2 files.
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The PR changes runtime behavior but does not change CHANGELOG.md. The base and head CHANGELOG.md blobs are identical. The diff adds the io.modelcontextprotocol/ui server capability and changes datto_get_alert from JSON text to a summary plus structuredContent; these are user-visible API behavior changes, not test-only changes.

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🟡 Minor · Cover the no-card response branch. · src/mcp-server.ts:807-820

807-820: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Cover the no-card response branch. The contract test only invokes datto_get_alert with an alert that produces _card. Add a no-card invocation and assert the fallback text and raw structuredContent without _card. The existing helper tests do not detect regressions in the tool response.

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In `@src/mcp-server.ts` around lines 807 - 820, Extend the contract test for the
datto_get_alert handler to invoke an alert that causes buildAlertCard to return
no card. Assert the fallback summary text uses the alert UID and message, and
verify structuredContent contains the raw alert without an _card property, while
preserving the existing card-response assertions.

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In `@src/mcp-server.ts`:
- Around line 807-820: Extend the contract test for the datto_get_alert handler
to invoke an alert that causes buildAlertCard to return no card. Assert the
fallback summary text uses the alert UID and message, and verify
structuredContent contains the raw alert without an _card property, while
preserving the existing card-response assertions.

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